The Hunting Wasps

Acridian (see Locust).

African Sphex, 111.

Ammophila (see also the varieties below), 94, 185, 231–50, 272–3, 277, 297–8, 301.

Ammophila argentata (see Silvery Ammophila).

Ammophila hirsuta (see Hairy Ammophila).

Ammophila holosericea (see Silky Ammophila).

Ammophila Julii, 384–5.

Ammophila sabulosa (see Sandy Ammophila).

Ant, 194, 223–4.

Anthrax (see also Anthrax flava), 269.

Anthrax flava, 269.

Aphis (see Plant-louse).

Apion gravidum, 27, 381.

Asidæ, 52.

Bacon-beetle (see Dermestes).

Badger, 327.

Bat (see also Horseshoe Bat), 348.

Beccafico, 224.

Bee (see also Hive-bee), 2, 221.

Bee-eating Philanthus (see Philanthus apivorus).

Bee-fly (see Bombylius).

Beetle, 2, 16, 23, 32, 40–57.

Bembex (see also the varieties below), 137, 220, 231, 251–304, 311–22, 373.

Bembex bidentata (see Two-pronged Bembex).

Bembex Julii, 264–6, 269, 382–4.

Bembex oculata 267–8.

Bembex olivacea, 268.

Bembex rostrata (see Rostrate Bembex).

Bembex tarsata, 269, 281–2.

Bernard, Claude, 43–6, 48.

Black-fly, 230.

Black Tachytes, 69–70.

Blanchard, Émile, 49.

Bluebottle, 269.

Bombylius (see also Bombylius nitidulus), 260, 264, 269, 274, 281–2.

Bombylius nitidulus, 269.

Bothynoderus albidus, 25.

Brachyderes gracilis, 26.

Bronze Buprestis, 52.

Bruchus granarius, 27, 381.

Bug, 111.

Bullock (see Ox).

Bunting, 217, 220.

Buprestis (see also the varieties below), 2, 4, 7–9, 11–17, 28, 43, 49–50, 52–4, 56, 58, 68, 100, 113, 242, 275, 373.

Buprestis biguttata, 9 n, 11.

Buprestis chrysostigma, 9 n.

Buprestis fasciata, 4–6, 9 n.

Buprestis flavomaculata, 9 n. [388]

Buprestis-hunting Cerceris, 1–17, 25, 67–8.

Buprestis micans, 9 n, 12.

Buprestis novemmaculata, 9 n.

Buprestis octoguttata, 9 n, 12.

Buprestis pruni, 9 n.

Buprestis tarda, 9 n.

Burying-beetle (see Necrophorus).

Bush-pipit, 224–5.

Butterfly, 2, 224.

Calathus, 55.

Calliphora vomitoria (see Bluebottle).

Carabus, 52, 359.

Carrion-beetle (see Silpha).

Carrier-pigeon, 309–11.

Cat, 285.

Caterpillar (see also Grey Worm, Looper), 94, 165, 246–7, 273, 277.

Cellar-beetle, 32, 52.

Cerceris (see also the varieties below), 40–57, 84, 113, 137, 140, 151, 154, 220, 272–3, 277, 298, 319.

Cerceris Antoniæ, 379–80.

Cerceris arenaria, 26.

Cerceris aurita, 26.

Cerceris bupresticida (see Buprestis-hunting Cerceris).

Cerceris Ferreri, 26.

Cerceris Julii, 27, 380–1.

Cerceris labiata, 27.

Cerceris major (see Great Cerceris).

Cerceris ornata, 27.

Cerceris quadricincta, 27.

Cerceris tuberculata (see Great Cerceris).

Chafer (see Scarab).

Chlænius, 52, 55.

Chlorion (see Compressed Chlorion).

Cicada, 106, 251.

Cleonus (see also the varieties below), 306.

Cleonus alternans, 25.

Cleonus ophthalmicus, 25–26, 34–39, 52, 81.

Clytia pellucens, 269.

Cneorinus hispidus, 26.

Coccinella septempunctata (see Seven-spot Ladybird).

Cockchafer, 351–60.

Cockroach (see also Kakerlak), 107 n.

Codfish, 14.

Common Fly (see Fly, House-fly).

Common Wasp (see Social Wasp).

Common Wheat-ear (see Wheat-ear).

Compressed Chlorion, 111.

Couty, L., 363.

Crabro (see also Hornet), 120–1.

Crayfish, 360.

Crèou (see Shore-lark).

Crested Lark, 227.

Cricket, 55, 62, 65–81, 83, 86–95, 106–8, 112–14, 116–17, 154–6, 157, 166, 191, 193–4, 217, 220, 224, 231, 242, 273, 277, 373.

Cuckoo, 290.

Dart Moth (see Turnip Moth).

Darwin, Charles Robert, 117 n.

Darwin, Erasmus, 117–20, 127–8.

Delacour, Th., 206, 211.

Dermestes, 343, 346.

Dexia rustica, 269. [389]

Dog, 249, 345–6.

Double-lined Buprestis, 16.

Drone-fly (see Eristalis).

Dryden, John, 123 n, 359 n.

Dufour, Léon, 2–13, 15–16, 18, 25, 28, 33, 43, 67.

Dung-beetle (see also Sacred Scarab, Wide-necked Scarab).

Earwig, 107 n, 224.

Echinomyia intermedia, 265, 269, 270.

Echinomyia rubescens, 264, 270.

Eel, 327.

Ephippiger (see also Ephippiger of the Vine), 86–8, 107, 110, 112–13, 137, 140, 142–73, 242, 277, 358.

Ephippiger of the Vine, 136–7.

Eristalis (see also the varieties below), 260, 266, 273.

Eristalis æneus, 269.

Eristalis sepulchralis, 269.

Eristalis tenax, 123–7, 266, 268.

Eyed Lizard, 141, 327.

Fabre, Émile, the author’s son, 164–6.

Fabre, Mlle. Aglaé, the author’s daughter, 334, 336.

Fabre, Mlle. Antonia, the author’s daughter, 380.

Fabre, Mlle. Claire, the author’s daughter, 334, 336.

Fabre, Jules, the author’s son, 385.

Favier, the author’s factotum, 323–30, 333–4, 336.

Flesh-fly (see Sarcophaga).

Flourens, Marie Jean Pierre, 43–6, 163, 182.

Fly (see also House-fly), 118–23, 137, 194, 231, 255, 260, 262, 263, 265–70, 272–7, 318, 320, 329, 384.

Fox, 327.

Gad-fly, 268–70, 273–4, 279–80, 285, 373, 384.

Geometrid Moth, 240 n.

Geonemus flabellipes, 26.

Geron gibbosus, 268.

Gnat (see also Tachina, Miltogramma), 68.

Golden Apple-beetle, 224.

Gonia atra, 264, 269.

Goshawk, 278.

Grasset (see Bush-Pipit).

Grasshopper (see also Ephippiger), 107 n, 231, 273, 373.

Great Cerceris, 18–39, 65, 75, 78–81, 98, 138, 306–10.

Greenbottle, 258–60, 268.

Green-fly, 230.

Grey Lizard, 220.

Grey Worm, 247, 249, 332–43, 344, 346–7, 350–3, 355–8, 364, 366, 367–75.

Ground-beetle (see also Calathus, Carabus, Chlænius, Nebria, Procrustes, Sphodrus), 2, 52, 55, 100.